Journal of Pain & Relief
Open Access

Abstract

Traumatic wounds are among the most common problems leading people to the Emergency Department (ED), accounting for approximately 5.4% of all the visits, and up to 24% of all the medical lawsuits. In order to provide a standardized method for wound management in the ED, all the discussed statements have been submitted to a panel of experts, by the so-called Delphi method. Eight main statements have been established, each of them comprising different issues, covering the fields of wound classification, infectious risk stratification, tetanus and rabies prophylaxis, wound cleansing, pain management, and suture. Then we organized a workshop, involving several Italian and European experts, for external validation to a multidisciplinary expert team. Here we present the results of this work, shared by the Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care and the World Society of Emergency Surgery.

Biography

Email: Carolina.Prevaldi@ulss10.veneto.it